Our thin brick line has already passed the necessary requirements for compressive
& flexural strength, weathering & durability, and dimensional tolerance. It can
be used as a direct replacement to masonry for facades and rainscreens, both interior
and exterior. We are also developing building brick, flat-panels and tile.

custom

Our flexible manufacturing process and endless choice of colors, shapes, textures,
and sizes, allows for a myriad of custom applications for green building professionals.

high performance

Our performance products represents disruptive technology for the green building
industry. The applications we are currently developing,
evaporative cooling and living systems,
take advantage of the unique micro-porous network within our products. This advanced
microstructure not only allows our products to retain moisture, but they can actually
wick water upwards, much like a sponge. Nevertheless, our products are extremely
robust, meeting ASTM standards for masonry products. In summary, our performance
lines will offer structural solutions that, unlike the competition, can deliver
fluids in a constant and uniform fashion, while reducing the expense and complication
associated with pumps and sprayers.

Evaporative Cooling

In our cooling brick, the micro-pores can be used to retain
water and this water can be used to cool structures through evaporation. This is
particularly important for buildings that need to dissipate a lot of heat, such
as computer data centers, hospitals, industrial facilities, or buildings located
in hot climates around the world. In this application, façade or roofing
materials are saturated with water and excess heat striking the surface is dissipated
through natural evaporation. Water’s high heat capacity leads to effective
and efficient transfer of large amounts of thermal energy by passive means alone.
Our research shows that this technology will reduce cooling energy consumption by
up to 30% for a typical commercial building. Plus our material’s unsurpassed
capillary action will virtually eliminate the reliance on pumps, leading to lower
infrastructure, maintenance, water and energy costs. This translates to lower cooling
costs and earns designers LEED points for energy efficiency.

Living Systems

The emerging field of living systems, which includes green
roofs and green walls, is an arena in which our material’s water management
capability has great potential. In these applications, our product simultaneously
performs as a growth medium, a capillary mat, and a moisture retention substrate.
EnVitrum has successfully cultivated over two dozen species of plants using our
material alone. The status quo for green roofs is a heavy and water intensive system
consisting of up to 8 inches of soil, several layers of drainage substrate, and
a complicated irrigation arrangement. Our material combines the functions of these
many layers into one, simple, lightweight product that provides constant and uniform
hydration throughout the system. By minimizing gravitational leeching of water,
our material can also greatly reduce the quantity of water necessary for maintaining
a green roof.